Alex Elsy

Defra Research and Development Fellow. Ex Postdoc @ETH_en | PhD @StirUni. Interested in forests, butterflies, trees, lianas and #rstats.

[Celesté Maré @C3l3st3Mar3]

First day of sampling traits at #PFTC6. Incredible landscape to be working in! #Norway Thanks team! @eshelman_s @CoskuntheGuclu @_AlexElsy @BrianMaitner @audhalbritter and Julia Eckberg

[Daisy Dent @DaisyDent]

We are advertising a PhD project investigating tropical forest succession with me @TheDentLab, @l_banin and David Burslem. With opportunities to work in beautiful tropical forests in Malaysia and Panama...
@IapetusDTP @StirBES
https://t.co/UHAXlV9KN9
Photo: Christian Ziegler

[Alex Elsy @_AlexElsy]

@_TaraCox Social warbird is my favourite 😂

[Simon Evans @DrSimEvans]

++NEW++

Boris Johnson 10point UK plan for "green industrial revolution" is out

by 2030
🚗petrol/diesel ban
🌬️40GW offshore
🔋"aim" for 5GW hydrogen
🏭4 CCS clusters

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⚛️£ for big/small nuclear
🏠heat pump target, retrofit £
++more

Is it a lot? ✅
Enough for net-zero? ❌

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[Rosie Drinkwater @RosieDrink]

1/5 #TropiCon20 Hi all! Want to know why blood feeding leeches are great🩸? With iDNA from tiger leeches we assess mammal diversity across different forests types in Sabah Borneo 🌳🌴🌲. So how do we do it and what do we find? 👇

[Carbon Brief @CarbonBrief]

NEW | Interactive: What is the climate impact of eating meat and dairy? @daisydunnesci @tomoprater @joegoodman94

This is the first article in Carbon Brief’s week-long series on food and climate change…

https://t.co/V32MysCYRy

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[WWF UK @wwf_uk]

There'd be worldwide outcry if the global economy dropped by 68%. We need the same level of urgency for the world's wildlife.

#ExtinctionTheFacts #Extinction

[Alex Elsy @_AlexElsy]

@marion_pfeifer @LDBraunholtz @RK_Sargent @srgmlhrs @AlainSenghor_KN @robin_loveridge I’m planning on submitting an abstract 👍

[BES Tropical Ecology @BES_Tropical]

We are thrilled to announce our first ever Twitter conference, #TropCon20, will take place this year on the 5-6th of November, in partnership with @BESConservation!

Abstract submission is now open! https://t.co/GveBte0dn5

[Alex Elsy @_AlexElsy]

@archimedes95 @savebutterflies They are! Really worth going to see 🙂

[Alex Elsy @_AlexElsy]

Great day today exploring Rodborough Common and Swellshill bank - happy to see my first Adonis and Chalk Hill Blues of the year! #butterfly #nature @savebutterflies

[Beth Smith @BethRSmith_]

Students working on #mammals in the UK, please drop me a line if you want to share your research through the @Mammal_Society student #blog - no strings attached, just promoting hardworking students and your great research 😁 🦊 Please RT #ScienceTwitter

[Alex Elsy @_AlexElsy]

@marion_pfeifer Looks interesting! Could be something to look into at a smaller scale with some of our dominant tree species...

[Greenpeace International @Greenpeace]

Khatanga, Siberia.
Avg daytime May/June temperature: 0°C.
Previous record: 12°C.
Current: 25°C.
The heatwave in the Russian Arctic isn't just breaking records; it's obliterating them
https://t.co/aIY9i3nLCR

[WILDLABS Community @WILDLABSNET]

Our new #tech4wildlife virtual series begins next week! The WILDLABS Tech Tutors are here to tackle all the "how do I do that?" questions of conservation tech. Every Thursday, our Tech Tutor will present a 20min tutorial + 10min Q&A session. Learn more: https://t.co/QxlWvXpjh5

[Alex Elsy @_AlexElsy]

@emma_muench No problem, Tropical Nature sounds super interesting to me too, so I’ll be sure to give that a read 🙂

[Alex Elsy @_AlexElsy]

@emma_muench The Tapir’s Morning Bath by Elizabeth Royte is an excellent read about fieldwork in Panama if you’re looking for another book about tropical forests! The author works with a bunch of researchers over months living at a field station and gains real insight into what they study.

[Alex Elsy @_AlexElsy]

Useful summary of some of the common issues with using linear mixed models and how to avoid them

[Trends in Ecology & Evolution @Trends_Ecol_Evo]

Using a linear mixed model? Read Göran Arnqvist's discussion of how to ensure you are structuring your model correctly to avoid pseudoreplication, out online now https://t.co/SryhjoxxW6
(Suppl. Mat contains example code)

[Alex Elsy @_AlexElsy]

@AlistairJump Thanks Al, that was a fascinating read! Really cool paper that upturns a lot of assumptions!

[Alex Elsy @_AlexElsy]

The highlight of #BES2019, @YellowBuckeye’s talk revealing how a two day ice storm in May 1774 had impacts on tree growth and forest dynamics in the USA for the next 200 years!! 🌲🌳